Young stars set for battle

The best young women cricketers in the country have been selected to play in the Junior Super 4s.

Fifty-two cricketers, who are all under 19, have been divided into four teams - Sapphires, Emeralds, Diamonds and Rubies - for the competition which starts on August 19.

Each team will play three 50-over matches in a round-robin format with the winner being the one who accumulates the most points.

The competition is similar to the senior version which was won by Sapphires earlier in the summer.

Junior Sapphires
Lauren Winfield (Yorkshire), Natalie Brown (Lancashire), Heather Knight (Devon), Mel Furguson (Sussex), Ami Campbell (Northumberland), Lily Brown (Nottinghamshire), Nicole Richards (Cornwall), Alex Rogers (Berkshire), Steph Jones (Cumbria), Emma Plush (Kent), Ellie Porter (Berkshire), Frankie James (Staffordshire), Sophie Taylor (Dorset).
Coach: Gary Lambert

Junior Emeralds
Izzy Westbury (Somerset), Amara Carr (Devon), Vicky Bowden (Devon), Emily Robinson (Somerset), Laura Crofts (Warwickshire), Deanna Cooper (Kent), Giselel Ansley (Devon), Katie Levick (Yorkshire), Jodie Dibble (Devon), Jennie Jackson (Kent), Sophie Luff (Somerset), Evelyn Jones (Shropshire), Raveena Lakhtaria (Middlesex).
Coach: Warren Carr

Junior Diamonds
Jo Cook (Essex), Karen Baker (Kent), Anna Stevenson (Surrey), Francis Wilson (Somerset), Daisey Gardner (Berkshire), Alice McLeod (Berkshire), Dee Tress (Kent), Helen Shipman (Warwickshire), Lucy Maxwell (Warwickshire), Catherine Dalton (Essex), Gwennan Davies (Wales), Sarah Kennett (Kent), Rebecca Weller (Warwickshire).
Coach: Katie Berry

Junior Rubies
Steph Masters (Kent), Ellie Piper (Berkshire), Natash Raine (Hampshire), Beth McGreggor (Essex), Lauren Onojaife (Essex), Lucy Uncles (Sussex), Sophie Tucker (Gloucestershire), Christine Steinhoble (Derbyshire), Thea Brooks (Worcestershire), Rachael Hopkins (Derbyshire), Hannah Courtnell (Essex), Cecily Scutt (Surrey), Harriet Rodgers (Nottinghamshire).
Coach: Alan Duncan

Reserves
Aimee Simms (Yorkshire), Aylish Cranstone (Hampshire), Charlotte Boulton (Yorkshire), Hannah Phelps (Sussex), Hannah Sparks (Somerset), Jennifer Hamer (Kent), Kate Randall (Somerset), Laura Wilson (Yorkshire), Lauren Parfitt (Wales), Nikki Patel (Leicestershire), Phoebe Graham (Yorkshire), Rebecca Donohue (Devon), Robyn Childe (Yorkshire), Sophie Cawley (Sussex).